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A GOLD MARRIAGE NECKLACE Late Qing Dynasty image 1
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Lot 220

A GOLD MARRIAGE NECKLACE
Late Qing Dynasty

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A GOLD MARRIAGE NECKLACE

Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising five panels, the top two of hat shaped form, the middle section with two rectangular panels flanking a central canted square panel, suspending a three-part pendant, with the leaf-shaped at the top, followed by a stylised bat-shape element and a tasselled bell-shaped terminal, each decorated with filigree designs, the panels joined by seven floral-link chains, each of the top two panels stamped on the reverse with two single-character marks and a '100' mark.
49cm (19 1/4in) long. 21-22 karat, approx. 178g.

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晚清 金纍絲花卉紋項鏈
「H」「100」款
本拍品含金量為21-22K,重量約為178克

Provenance: a British private collection

The mark beside the '100' mark could be the letter 'H' in Gothic script. According to Chen Zhigao's research, while this mark has traditionally been identified as 'K' in previous scholarship, he suggests that it could instead be 'H,' representing the silver retailer 'Hoa Ching' (浩星 or 浩昌) in Guangzhou. For further discussion on this mark, see Chen Zhigao, Zhongguo yinlou yu yinqi: waixiao (中國銀樓與銀器:外銷), Beijing, pp.36-37 and p.65.

The intricately crafted necklace was presented to the bride as part of her wedding adornment. See a similar gold necklace, 19th century, illustrated in Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China, London, 1987, p.49. See also a similar but silver gilt wedding necklace, late 19th century, illustrated in Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2016, London, 2016, pp.136-137.

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